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The Port of Missing Men

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The narrative follows John Armitage, a man using an English alias who becomes entangled in continental intrigue when an aged statesman questions his account of a supposedly dead royal. He is arrested, escapes, and traverses dark decks, mountain camps, and a remote harbor while under surveillance and sharing secret messages. A subplot involves Shirley Claiborne and her Washington family, whose connections bring romance, conflict, and peril. Encounters include nighttime attacks, hidden identities, and a lost cigarette case that helps unlock secrets, leading to a final confrontation at a port where loyalties are settled and a dignified burial concludes the mystery.

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Title: The Port of Missing Men

Author: Meredith Nicholson

Release date: November 1, 2004 [eBook #13913]
Most recently updated: October 28, 2024

Language: English

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Shirley Claiborne

THE PORT OF MISSING MEN

by

MEREDITH NICHOLSON

Author of The House of a Thousand Candles, The Main Chance, Zelda Dameron, etc.

With Illustrations by
CLARENCE F. RUTHERFORD

Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse. Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT 1907
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
JANUARY

To the Memory of Herman Kountze

THE SHINING ROAD

Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound,
And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn,
And there are happy highways leading on and always on;
So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.

Before us, down the golden road, floats dust from charging steeds,
Where two adventurous companies clash loud in mighty deeds;
And from the tower that stands alert like some tall, beckoning pine,
E’en now, my heart, I see afar the lights of welcome shine!
So loose the rein and cheer the steed and let us race away To seek the lands that lie beyond the Borders of To-day.

Draw rein and rest a moment here in this cool vale of peace;
The race half-run, the goal half-won, half won the sure release!
To right and left are flowery fields, and brooks go singing down
To mock the sober folk who still are prisoned in the town.
Now to the trail again, dear heart; my arm and blade are true, And on some plain ere night descend I’ll break a lance for you!

O sweetheart, it is good to find the pathway shining clear!
The road is broad, the hope is sure, and you are near and dear!
So loose the rein and cheer the steed and let us race away
To seek the lands that lie beyond the borders of To-day.
Oh, we shall hear at last, my heart, a cheering welcome cried
As o’er a clattering drawbridge through the Gate of Dreams we ride!